Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-18

New York naval yard tomorrow for the
] trial Of Lieutenant Emery II. LsInt On
charges of absence from duty and his
| station without leave, 6ieo0edieuce of
| orders and misccnGua. preferred by the
| Secretary Of me Navy. Lieutensnt Lsunt
| is we'll known in Washington and his
| friends account for MS actions only upon
the ground OF mental arrangement. They
ssy the tardships suffered by him on the
| Greeley relief expedition sud later in the
| Gorge explorations hEve undermined bis
constitUtion snd unsettled his reason.
TUE NEXT HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.-THE official
| list of the members Of the mex House of
Representatives shows that the next
House Will consist Of les Democrats, 1853
Republicans and Independents. The
/ Independents arc Anderson of Iowa,
! Nichols CT North Caro- ins, Hopkins Of
| Vii jnia and Smith Of wisconsin,
GENERAL sHERIDAN'S REPORT.
WASHINGTON, New. 16-Lientenans-
General p. Sheridan has presented bis
annual report to the Secretsry Of War.
From the repor; it appears that Ct the
| date of the lsst consolidated returns the
army consisted Of 2202 officers and "a, 500
men. including scouts. The Lieutenant
J the various divisions Of the army. OF
! the division of the Missouri he says that
| while it has been free from Indian hos
| tilities OF any magnitude, msny opera
| tiOns of minor nature have bsen
| rendered necessary. Troops have been
continually occupied in patrollilg The
Oklahoma country and have been success
ful in keeping int1udeES out ofetlAltes region.
The gradusl spread OF railroads. through
out the territory can, however, ultimately
haye but one effsct, Hnd General Sheridan
is now the opinion that Congress may
well consider the adViSa6uity CT opening
up pQrti0n 20 least, Of this country, to
settlement. In regard 10 the c9ncentrs-
tor O. the s7my in large posts he says
thst work on the new pest sc Denver,
where it is proposed 20 place ten COM
paniaS, will shortly be begun; that az San
Antonio has been progressing fsVorably
during the year. The ground fer the
new post near Chicago will pass into the
possession of the government ct sn ezrly
day, and at Fort Smelling both the ressr-
v&tiQn and other attendant conditions
are favorable for the establishment Of
the garrison, and only some additional
/; buildings exc required for thier scco1n-
modation. The reconstruction of Fort
Riley mas been prosecuted during the
year, bat before it csn be completed,
additional appropriations will De necesse-
~. n } other post in the couGtryspossesses
sucb G5ysn!ages for light bat-
teries AID for cavalry exercises,
and since is establishment for The
purposes has been authorized by
Congress It hiss been deemed but econ
Omy to erect other buildings of a sub
st&n.ial pstu-e, SO that with the new
equipment Of brsech-loading field steel
2uDs, metal carriages ard improved har-
nass, this service will pr baby derive
marked benefit from this station. Gen
eral SGeridan does not IA or the PROPOSE
ten OF General Milss 20 separate the
IGGisls now 1t San Carlos into several
camps shout 100 or 200 mics apart, deemy/
ing 1t best for the teTritog Of AIiZons
that they should be kept IN one 6o5 ~, ana
the soldiers necessary for their
control concentrated ut 3 single poist.
Divided into different baud Re SAWS esch
location might become Ihe centsr OF dis
tusbsrCes, and thsir supervision would
have to be grestIy increased. He recon-
mends the appointment Of q board TO
frame revised :sct:Cs 20 meet the changes
IN handling men Gcc9si5ued by the
methods 9? WSr. He urges as measure
very important the retirement OF eight
cid officers W-o are I'll ii for duty, but
whose retsiGIEeut ca the active list en-
tails EdditiO1al w1]k on the men who sTe
at the same time withheld from promo
tioD thereby. He says the time is near
81 hGnd VIXEN The army should be sup
piled Nth machine guns, sud says thst
u2less IN effective gun Of this char
ectGE is Developed 6y an American
Il = UiactuPe very soon the government
shculi sdopt sumo foreign repeating
guns. The General says the COST de-
f.Eses have continued 20 dsteTicate DIR
ing the year, thas cd; quate deferse must
be the work Of years Gpd attained sc
heavy outlay. Ia the meantime he ssyS
the dynamite gun experiments shoI
valuable qualities ard good results
within their range, and that experiment.
ing should be encouraged. The deSlrs-
bic features are the speed with
which they car be made and their
comparative xp5osivsness. The re-
port concludes: I an In favor OF the
general government extending al possible
sid to the national gusrd Of theg @ fsrent
states, as they constitute a body Of troops
thst il 81 mefgeucy would form en- in
pOTIapt psTt OF our military force. They
ehouid be armed with the best WEAPONS,
etc. According to my observation mast
Of the sta.e troops nov march well
and handle the gun vel, sus they are
deficient in Discipline srd the
duties Tat teach g soldier TO take csr. Of
himself while il camp or upon march.
This defect can best be overcome OF es-
tahlishing some system CT eHcamfment
under the control aud direction and st
the entire expense Of the general govern
ment. In The development Of such 8
measure the entire army as well SIS NY
self will be glad to render sue entity -
arce as lies in our power, and
mend that the favorable consider.,,.
the matter may be commended too
gress. oy-
zrsSs !. y,...-Ssa>-. b.
lhAAs fENslOSs' 70
Special 70 the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, NV. I6 The folly
Texas pensions were issued tug
Mexican war, Martha Jane, wide
Andrew 81. RSmsour, T.ler city;
JCana, widow OF HJsr,in Schmidt. S.,
do, Fielding Hill, Elmo; do, JoEssnsn
Lockhart; origipsl, Edwsrd Fl. 81
WoCdviile; increase, NsTton Pattsi
Colroe.
Coss OF FashioDabis Daughters.
New York Nal
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